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S. A. Murawski et al. (eds.), Deep Oil Spills,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_17
Chapter 17
Long-Term Preservation of Oil Spill Events
in Sediments: The Case for the Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf
of Mexico
Isabel C. Romero, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Brad E. Roseheim, Jagoš R. Radović,
Patrick T. Schwing, David J. Hollander, Stephen R. Larter,
and Thomas B. P. Oldenburg
Abstract Geochemical studies can provide a record of environmental changes
and biogeochemical processes in sedimentary systems. Analytical methods are in
need of high-throughput procedures targeting recalcitrant and multiple chemical
species for delineating ecological patterns and ecosystem health. The goal of this
chapter is to summarize the analytical methods, recalcitrant molecules and transformed organic material used in previous studies as chemical indicators of the
impact and fate of Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil residues in sediments. Further
monitoring of recalcitrant molecules and transformed material will help to elucidate
the long-term fate of the DWH weathered oil in sedimentary environments of the
Gulf of Mexico (GoM).
Keywords Deep-sea sediments · GC/MS/MS-MRM · Ramped pyrolysis · Stable
isotopes · FTICR-MS
I. C. Romero (*) · B. E. Roseheim · P. T. Schwing · D. J. Hollander
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: isabelromero@mail.usf.edu; brosenheim@usf.edu; pschwing@mail.usf.edu;
davidh@usf.edu
J. P. Chanton
Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science,
Tallahassee, FL, USA
e-mail: jchanton@fsu.edu
J. R. Radović · S. R. Larter · T. B. P. Oldenburg
University of Calgary, PRG, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada
e-mail: Jagos.Radovic@ucalgary.ca; slarter@ucalgary.ca; toldenbu@ucalgary.ca
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
S. A. Murawski et al. (eds.), Deep Oil Spills,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_17
Chapter 17
Long-Term Preservation of Oil Spill Events
in Sediments: The Case for the Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf
of Mexico
Isabel C. Romero, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Brad E. Roseheim, Jagoš R. Radović,
Patrick T. Schwing, David J. Hollander, Stephen R. Larter,
and Thomas B. P. Oldenburg
Abstract Geochemical studies can provide a record of environmental changes
and biogeochemical processes in sedimentary systems. Analytical methods are in
need of high-throughput procedures targeting recalcitrant and multiple chemical
species for delineating ecological patterns and ecosystem health. The goal of this
chapter is to summarize the analytical methods, recalcitrant molecules and transformed organic material used in previous studies as chemical indicators of the
impact and fate of Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil residues in sediments. Further
monitoring of recalcitrant molecules and transformed material will help to elucidate
the long-term fate of the DWH weathered oil in sedimentary environments of the
Gulf of Mexico (GoM).
Keywords Deep-sea sediments · GC/MS/MS-MRM · Ramped pyrolysis · Stable
isotopes · FTICR-MS
I. C. Romero (*) · B. E. Roseheim · P. T. Schwing · D. J. Hollander
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
e-mail: isabelromero@mail.usf.edu; brosenheim@usf.edu; pschwing@mail.usf.edu;
davidh@usf.edu
J. P. Chanton
Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science,
Tallahassee, FL, USA
e-mail: jchanton@fsu.edu
J. R. Radović · S. R. Larter · T. B. P. Oldenburg
University of Calgary, PRG, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada
e-mail: Jagos.Radovic@ucalgary.ca; slarter@ucalgary.ca; toldenbu@ucalgary.ca